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Correspondence, Joseph E. and Catherine Dawe Davis
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Ralph Sprinkle Photograph Collection
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Chester W. Nimitz Personal Letters, 1893-1911
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Clifford Baird Collection
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Home Front Collection
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[Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser Awards Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz the Grand Cross of the Bath]
Photograph of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Royal Navy, awarding Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz the Grand Cross of the Bath aboard the HMS Duke of York, Guam. Chester W. Nimitz stands on the right in a white Naval uniform with embroidered epaulettes, a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem and holds up a sash to his torso. Sir Bruce Fraser is on the right leaning towards Flt. Adm. Nimitz to pin the sash on him. He is dressed in a white uniform and a brimmed hat with a Royal Navy emblem on it. another man stands behind them in a white uniform and holding up a dark pillow. In front of the men is a microphone and a tripod.
Date:
August 10, 1945
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beach on the Isle of Pines, #1]
Photograph of a beach on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. The image shows several trees including a large palm trees, bushes and the thin strip of sand as it meets the ocean.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beach on the Isle of Pines, #2]
Photograph of a beach on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. The image shows several trees including a large palm trees, bushes and the thin strip of sand as it meets the ocean.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beach on the Isle of Pines, #3]
Photograph of a beach on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. The image shows several large branches on the ground, bushes and the thin strip of sand as it meets the ocean.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Becky Van Meter Pinning Purple Heart on Sailor]
Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
Wilcox, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bow of the Evaleeta]
Photograph of Evaleeta's bow taken from just underneath the bowsprit. There are a variety of ropes and chains in view.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bow View of the Evaleeta]
Photograph of taken from a distance of the bow of the Evaleeta. The ship has all the sails furled, and the light is low casting it in silhouette.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buildings on the Beach of the Isle of Pines]
Photograph of two buildings nestled behind palm trees on the beach of the Isle of Pines.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buildings on the Isle of Pines]
Photograph of two buildings on the right of a grass footpath. The far building is on a raised platform with a wraparound porch. The building closer to the camera is made of brick and is very damaged. On the left of the path is a large tree bare of leaves.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Captain at the Helm of the Evaleeta]
Photograph of the captain at the wheel of the Evaleeta turned towards an open door to his right. He is wearing a striped t-shirt, dark pants, a brimmed hat and glasses. The helm is boxed off and coved with a slanted roof. In the doorway to the captain's right stands another man mostly hidden behind one of the walls surrounding the helm.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cook Stands Shirtless on the Evaleeta]
Photograph of the cook on the Evaleeta posing with his hand on his hip shirtless. He is wearing long dark pants and a belt.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cook Washes Dishes on the Evaleeta]
Photograph of a man, identified only as Pong is crouched down doing dishes on the Evaleeta. He is wearing a white shirt cut at the elbows, jeans and a belt. In his hand is a bowl and a mug he is washing.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Corporal Promotion Certificate, #1]
A certificate promoting Clifford R. Baird to Corporal.
Date:
August 20, 1934
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crew Offloads Car from Dinghy, #2]
Photograph of several men dressed in light colored t-shirt and shorts standing in front of a makeshift ramp coming off a small dinghy boat. In the boat is a car with a driver in military uniform attempting to drive it over the wooden planks into the shallow water. In the background a beach, trees and a mountain range can be seen.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crew Working Onboard the Evaleeta]
Photograph of the Evaleeta crew working in front of large gears and pulling on a rope. On the left a hand with two rings can be seen resting on a cog, a man stands profile in the center in a fedora, white collared shirt, suspenders, a tie, and glasses hunched over the gears. To his right stands a man reaching up to pull on a rope in a dark jacket and brimmed hat as another man in a white shirt reaches up with him. The second man pulling the rope only has his arm visible with their body being hidden by a large pole.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 14, Thursday, August 5, 1943
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
August 5, 1943
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 15, Thursday, August 12, 1943
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
August 12, 1943
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Evaleeta Anchored Off the Isle of Pines]
Photograph of the Evaleeta anchored in the ocean off the coast of the Isle of Pines. The sun is setting on the horizon behind the Evaleeta, making only the silhouette of the ship visible. All of the sails have been furled away.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Evaleeta Docked at the Isle of Pines]
Photograph of the Evaleeta docked with its sails down. In front of the ship is a row of palm trees and a pathway that two men walk down.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Evaleeta Off the Isle of Pines]
Photograph of two large palm trees on a beach on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. In the distance the Evaleeta can be seen with its sails furled.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, August 1905]
Excerpt of a handwritten letter by Chester Nimitz. Nimitz describes arriving in Manila to greet the Taft Party. He describes the work he has been assigned to do as torpedo and mine officer. He mentions drills and practice aboard ship.
Date:
1905-08~
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Food Suspended on Hooks]
Photograph of a fish and a leg of some sort being suspended on hooks. The photograph was taken on the Evaleeta.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Front and Deck View of the Evaleeta]
Photograph of the Evaleeta taken from the bowsprit showing the front of the ship and its deck with three sailors visible. The one closet to the camera is presumably Ralph Sprinkle sitting near the bow in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him is a shirtless sailor with his back turned and even further back a man in a long-sleeved shirt and cap is sitting hunched over.
Date:
August 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable Discharge Expiration of Service Certificate]
Honorable discharge certificate for expiration of service presented to Clifford R. Baird.
Date:
August 15, 1941
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History